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My left lateral incisor was totally hidden behind my front incisor and canine, I had open spring coils for about 6-7 months, then only had a bracket put on my left lateral incisor. As for my right lateral incisor, half of it was hidden behind my front incisor, and i had coil spring for about 4-5 mon...

I will be overjoyed if I get those teeth at the end of my treatment. Of course, your teeth was no too bad before the treatment. I love the shape and size of your teeth and gums. Congratulation. If the problem is needed a liitle more space, you can try IPR, but they look great to me in the picture. I...

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I had crossbite on both of my lateral incisor. I guess it was due to crowding, they were behind my front incisor and canine. I had build up on molars for about 7 or 8 months. When my upper lateral incisors had enough space to come forward, the buildup was removed, but the lateral incisor were still ...

I got braced at age of 42, I had severe crowding on top and cross bite at both canine. Both upper 1st pre-molars were extracted 2 weeks before braced and i got build up on 1st molars on the day i got braced. My bottom braces was installed 1 month after the upper braces. It was tough at the beginning...

Hello Jamie
Congratulations!!! I am looking forward to your update of wedding and new life after married in 'expectedly jaime' blog

Do you still keep track of your gaps? I guess they are probably closed by now
Is that a mini screw in your lower gum?

Before braces, i showed about 2mm of upper incisor at rest. I am a year into braces, and now my upper lip cover only half of my incisor, and sort of hanging on top of the brackets. I still have 3mm extractioñ gap on each side, and a gummy smile to be fixed by pushing up my 4 front teeth with mini sc...

I saw your other post that you had de-braced, congratulation !
Did you fix your gummy smile with tads? My ortho suggested to me during my last adjustment.

Your teeth on your profile pic looks great to me. You should be able to gain 2-3mm space with IPR, that‘s what my ortho did for me. I am seven months into treatment and we are still monitoring if removing a bottom tooth is needed. ( i had removed a bottom front tooth prior to treatment as it moved b...

I have gummy smile too but i dont think it is caused by braces. My ortho said I my correct my gummy smile by inserting 2 mini screws (Tad) to pull my uppe arch.Most likely I will leave it without correcting my gummy smile, I am not sure if i can survive with 2 mini screws in my mouth .

I am in the club 40 too :jump: I put on my braces in February this year, just a month before yours. You have amazing progress at week 9, my top teeth seem like moving slower than the average. My ortho told me to consider to put 2 mini screws (Tad) on my top arch to improve my gummy smile. I was havi...

Thank you so much Jana. I shall ask my ortho to have a look on that tooth at my next adjustment. I am so happy for you that you have a de-bands date, and looking forward to see your naked teeth. This is a long and tough journey, but you all sharing your story and pictures here make our journey easie...

Hi Jana, thank you so much for sharing your braced story here. I am glad I found your story. I am braced since Feb 2014. I have very similar left and right lateral incisor like yours. My left lateral incisor was totally hidden behind my front lateral and canine, but my ortho managed to put the brack...